These days, political turmoil has intensified in Uttarakhand. Nine MLAs, including Congress MLAs, who cross-voted in favor of the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate in the Rajya Sabha elections in Himachal Pradesh, have reached Uttarakhand. Meanwhile, political rhetoric has also intensified. Now Union Minister of State for Defense and Tourism Ajay Bhatt has given a big statement regarding this. Union Minister of State for Defense and Tourism, Ajay Bhatt, who reached BJP office Rishikesh, gave a big statement in the press conference on the rebel Congress MLAs of Himachal Pradesh. Union Minister of State Ajay Bhatt said that Congress is a sinking ship, due to which its MLAs and MPs are leaving the party.
Welcome to BJP
Ajay Bhatt said that if leaders with clean image want to join BJP then there is no objection in including them. He said that BJP has no role in shifting of MLAs to Uttarakhand. This is the rebel MLAs’ own decision.
Ajay Bhatt welcomed
Earlier, Ajay Bhatt, who reached the party office, was welcomed by BJP leaders with a bouquet. Ajay Bhatt also addressed the meeting organized in the party office.
These MLAs are involved
The MLAs who cross-voted include Dharamshala MLA Sudhir Sharma, Sujanpur MLA Rajendra Rana, Kutlaihar MLA Devendra Bhutto, Gagret MLA Chaitanya Sharma, Lahaul Spiti MLA Ravi Thakur and Badsar MLA Inder Dutt Lakhanpal.
Whereas three independent MLAs also voted in favor of the BJP candidate. After cross voting in Himachal Pradesh, BJP candidate Harsh Mahajan defeated veteran Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi on a Rajya Sabha seat. Even after cross voting, the candidates of both the parties got 34-34 votes, after which the winning candidate was decided through a toss.
